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Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser said at a meeting with his Polish colleague Jacek Czaputowicz that Poland and the European Committee have to find solutions to their differences of opinion through dialogue.

The nuclear arms control regime is in danger — and neither Vladimir Putin nor Donald Trump appear committed to saving it. Yet given enough political will, a solution could be found readily, argues arms control expert Steven Pifer.

An Iranian steel producer has forecasted that the county’s exports over the current fiscal year (starting March 20) would hit eight million tons as new markets have been reached in the Europe and Asia.

Britain cannot tell businesses for certain what its future relationship with the European Union will be once it leaves the bloc, business minister Greg Clark said on Wednesday, ahead of government talks on its approach to Brexit.

Brussels expects to see a legally binding document regulating relations between Belgrade and Pristina before Serbia joins the EU and insists on Belgrade’s continued dialogue with Kosovo, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani said in the Serbian capital this week.

Turkey’s foreign trade deficit soared 108.5 percent in January compared to the same month of 2017 and reached $9.06 billion mainly due to a significant rise in gold imports and energy costs, preliminary data from the Turkish Customs and Trade Ministry has shown.